Iraqi forces evacuate civilians from western Mosul amid heavy clashes

A woman talks to Iraqi Federal Police members after she fled home in western Mosul, Iraq, on March 21, 2017. Iraqi government forces battling Islamic State (IS) militants in Mosul's western side evacuated hundreds of civilians from Mosul's IS-held city center on Tuesday, as troop progress slowed down faced with strong resistance from IS militants, Iraqi officers said. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)